UPDATE-new battle schedule:Post - by Wednesday at Midnight NYC timeVote - by Friday at Midnight NYC time (Vote after you heard ALL the beats!)Winner - post new sample, rules, etc - by Saturday Noon NYC time

Thanks to all those who voted, I appreciate it. I didn't get crazy with the rules this week (lazy), but hey, it just gives us all a chance to be more creative with our tracks with less restrictions, right?

Hope the samples are cool, and I really hope they haven't been used before in any previous battle *fingers crossed*. Have fun with it this week.

Congrats on that Win El-R !Thanks for the dope samples and rules. I especially liked the second sample.

A small word of explanation regarding the last battle..I made a track with all the rules obeyed (yet the second samples was hard to tune into the second sample) then added live vocals from a singer. Then posted it for an hour but we weren't completely satisfied with how it turned out so i deleted it.

You win some you lose some.

Was in a kind of a downed state hence the quietness in regards to voting. My sincerest apologies.

these battles are that ego check. you can have the dopest fuckin track in the world, (in your mind) , but EVERYONE here is also a great producer so you just have to do you and hope the stars are aligned. i like to imagine these battles as a simile to streetfighter the arcade game. these are some world warriors that on any given day could win. no one person is better, no one style of music is better. its all music

these battles are that ego check.you can have the dopest fuckin track in the world, (in your mind) , but EVERYONE here is also a great producer so you just have to do you and hope the stars are aligned. i like to imagine these battles as a simile to streetfighter the arcade game. these are some world warriors that on any given day could win. no one person is better, no one style of music is better. its all music

Been a while since I've put something up. Still on holidays in France for the last month. First track completed fully on Maschine including mixing since I am limited to my laptop only. Pretty happy with the result.